Losing My Daughter

The Night Audrey Died

Sherry Upson
The phone rang. "Come quickly."

I held her in my arms. I looked at her sweet face, calmed by morphine. Everything was slowing down. It was time.

"Daddy isn't here yet. Please hold on."

"Honey, if you need to go now, it's OK."

One arm around my son and one holding her.

She was gone.

Published by Sherry Upson

I am a Mom who loves homeschooling her son and a photographer who just started a business, but I am a writer at heart. I write about what I know. It is through my faith that I make it through the tough tim...  View profile

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  • Dianna Zaragoza1/25/2007

    If only there were words to say what a mother feels at a moment like that, but there is nothing. I'm so very sorry for the loss of your daughter.

  • Paula Neal Mooney11/8/2006

    I'm so sorry, Sherry, for you having lost your precious Audrey. Your 55 words brought tears to my eyes.

  • Jennifer Rogers9/11/2006

    Sherry,
    Hi honey. Came across your AC page. She was so beautiful. I am so glad she left such a legacy of love behind. You will be together one day again. Hope things are going well for you, my friend.

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